The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Athens Boys Tie a Calf to the Door
Bell of Lucy Cobb Institute-How a
Mule Broke it's Java Lee County
Murderer Sentenced to Imprison-
ment For Life.
GEORGIA.
Mai. r. J. Bacon says there were 6, 00C
partridges shipped from Baconton last sea
son.
The bricks are being hauled for the
new jail, at Darien, and work III earnest
will soon be commenced.
A mule of A. L. Higgins broke its jaw
while attempting to get loose from post
it was hitched to while in Carrollton Satur-
day.
1t is said that one of Newnan's cotton
buyers has cleared 81 500 per week on cotton
transactions since Oct. l, and is yet rolling
up profits hand over fist.
L. D. Bray, of Winteryille, who farms on
George Murrell's place in Clarke county,
runs two-horse farm and cultlvates sixty
acres of land. This year he made fifty bales
of cotton, losing three bales from the flood
A man brought into Carrollton Tuesday
a strengthening fowl, about the size of a
wild goose and resembling one. 1t was pro
nounced by experts to De a seafowl, known
as the guillimot. Bud Council bought it
for pet
The stock of dry goods formerly owned
by j. c. King was sold at Griffin, Friday, at
public cutlery for Coo ON the dollar, Bass
Bros, being the purchasers. The goods in
voiced nearly $4,000 and are nearly all new
and of latest styles.
Elberton is a moral and religious town.
The roll of the three churches show a MEM
bership of about COO OF tn, All belong
to the Methodist church 1856 to the Baptist
church, and several to the Presbyterian.
There are two splendid Sabbath schools, the
roll of the Methodist school numbering
about 260 and the Baptist 100
On Wednesday last the people of Stewart
county held an election to determine
whether the sale of liquor in that county
should be licensed or not, and the vote re-
suited in favor of prohibition by a majority
of 4S9. Liquor was voted out of the county
two years ago by majority of about 200.
Both sides made a determined fight this
time, and the Ants were confident of sue
cess
Judge Fort held three days court in Lees
burg last week for the purpose of trying
William Watkins white for numbering a
negro man in Lee county last year. Wat
kins went to Florida, where he lived under
an alias, but was caught and brought back
TO Lee. The jury, after staying in their
room all night, found verdict of guilty,
and Judge Fort sentenced him to the peni-
tertiary for life.
A number of tramps have been worrying
V. Tharp who lives about six miles from
Americas, on the Southwestern Railroad,
toward Macon. He ordered them off his
premises. Wednesday night about II
o'clock, his gin house was set on fire, by
them and destroyed. There were four bales
of cotton, the seed from twenty-one bales
and $3.50 gin, beside the building burned.
One of the tramps was seen leaving the
burning house.
Americas Republican: Ben Wheeler says
that he started to California in 1919, when
the gold fever ragged so over the country.
He bought pick, a pair of cowhide boots,
and some other fixtures, and went to Dan
vile on the Flint, and when the man he was
going out with saw him, he went crazy and
was put in the asylum. That ruined his
chances of getting to the golden shores of
the sunset State, and he came back to Amer
icus. If he had gone out he would have
been bothered with riches, like Flood, Fair
and Croker, and he is glad that he stayed
at home, where he has taken the world easy,
lived in pleasure and ease, happier than they
with all their riches and troubles
Athens Banner Wdtchmap. On Wednes-
day night last about Ii o'clock the slumber-
ing inmates of the Lucy Cobb Institute
were aroused by violent ringing of the
front door bell. On examination it was
found that large size calf had been led up
into the front porch and tied to the door
bell His friends having deserted him the
animal decided he would vacate the situa-
ton, consequently the bell which rang pro-
fusely for some time was broken, and the
inmates badly frightened. The next ques-
ton is who could have done thisl Was it a
member of the University of Georgia.
Certainly not. Was it a resident of the
city, No. Who was it: 1t was the calf
itself. Next!
Friday morning James Bass, of the
Twenty eighth district of Sumter county,,
found tracks of large animal around his
pig pen, and Immediately started ms dogs
after it. They soon jumped large wild
cat, which seemed to be as big as any of his
dogs. The animal ran about a mile and a
quarter and found that it could not shake
its pursuers, turned on them ferociously,
and for half hour, gave them terrible
clawing. The cat would climb upon a
branch, give an angry growl, and light
upon dogs back, fifteen feet off, carrying
him to the ground. The other dogs would
pile in, and young Bass helped all he could,
with a heavy pole. The cat was finally
killed, but the dogs will need lots of patch
ing and nursing to fit them up for another
fight of that sort.
Jack Rivers, Woodworking and we'll
thought of young man who lived near Ar
hngton, came to his death last Thursday
evening by very singular accident. He
had been to Williamsburg that evening
and was returning home, when at Rivers
Crossing four miles east of Arlington,
the mule became frightened at some
thing and threw him from the buggy.
He was thrown forward, and in falling
his head got caught in the running Gear OF
the buggy in which he was riding, and his
neck was broken. In this manner he was
dragged home by the mule. He was alone
when the accident occurred, the place of
accident having been ascertained by indi-
cations of struggle at the place named.
Mr.. Rivers was the main stay and support
of his mother and sister, and was a deServ-
ing young man in other respects. He was
about % years of age.
Americas Republican: A prominent and
truthful gentleman told us that he was in
formed that the grave of an old gentleman,
who died several months since, in an adjoin-
ing county had been desecrated and the body
robbed and replaced in the earth. He said,
few months ago, an old and much es-
teemed gentleman died. He was pretty
wealthy, and well known in Americas He
was buried in very handsome coffin, cost
ing $500, if not more, and his grave clothes
were Of the finest material as
his family didn't care for ex-
pense, and thought their love and affection
could not be shown in more appropriate
form to the deceased. He was placed in the